Cynthia Crossen

Cynthia Crossen is an American journalist^[1] and book critic. She is the author of several nonfiction books^[2] and the creator of Dear Book Lover, a literary advice column and website.

Early life and education

Crossen graduated from Macalester College.

Career in journalism

Crossen was executive editor of the American Lawyer and managing editor of the Village Voice.^[3]

Crossen wrote for the Wall Street Journal beginning in 1983, covering marketing, publishing, and other areas, before becoming Marketplace editor.^[4][5] She continued there as a book columnist and senior editor until 2012.

Career as an author

In 1994, Crossen wrote the book Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America, concerning the misuse of statistics in journalism and advertising.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Books

• Tainted Truth: The Manipulation of Fact in America (1994)^[9][10][11]
• The Rich and How They Got That Way: How the Wealthiest People of All Time—from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates—Made Their Fortunes (2000)^[12]

References

1. Barry Glassner (5 January 2010). The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things: Crime, Drugs, Minorities, Teen Moms, Killer Kids, Mutant Microbes, Plane Crashes, Road Rage, & So Much More. Basic Books. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-0-465-00336-5.
2. Lou Illar (1 August 2009). Believe Me Or Your Lying Eyes With "Hind" Sight!: An Entertaining History of Casinos, Corruption, and Charities in America. AuthorHouse. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-1-4490-0751-5.
3. WJR. Washington Communications Corporation. 1981. p. 76.
4. Birgit Brock-Utne; Gunnar Garbo (31 December 2008). Language and Power: The Implications of Language for Peace and Development. African Books Collective. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-9987-08-032-8.
5. Theodore G. Striphas (20 August 2013). The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control. Columbia University Press. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-0-231-51964-9.
6. Karr, Allan F. (September 1995). "The Use and Abuse of Statistics: A Catalogue of Sins". American Scientist 83: 477.
7. Aley, James (25 July 1994). "The Trouble with Truth". Fortune 130 (2): 241.
8. Stuttaford, Genevieve (11 May 1996). "A Matter of Trust". New Scientist 150 (2029): 1019. Bibcode:2007Natur.449R.637. doi:10.1038/449637b.
9. Tainted truth : the manipulation of fact in America in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
10. Donald Lazere (11 December 2013). Why Higher Education Should Have a Leftist Bias. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-1-137-34489-2.
11. Jessica Utts (1 January 2014). Seeing Through Statistics. Cengage Learning. pp. 545–. ISBN 978-1-305-17624-9.
12. The rich and how they got that way : how the wealthiest people of all time from Genghis Khan to Bill Gates made their fortunes in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

External links

• "About Dear Book Lover". Retrieved 20 August 2013.